Welcome to Nehru Academy of Law

Approved by the Bar Council of India & Affiliated to University Of Calicut

Exam Information

There shall be a University Examination at the end of each semester. Each written paper carrying 100 Marks is divided into 75% marks for the written examination and 25% Marks for the internal assessment. And internal assessment shall be made on the basis of the overall performance during the semester such as regularity of attendance, preparation and presentation of assignments test paper scoring and class room participation.

The performance in the practical training papers shall me assessed internally by a team 3 senior faculty members

A candidate who ids registered and is entitled to be presented for the examination in a semester shall alone be eligible to peruse the studies for the semester of the course.

There shall be Viva Voce at the end of 10th semester examination which may cover all the law courses taught for the whole program. The viva board shall consist of the chairman and two examiners form the law faculty each with a minimum of 10 years of teaching experience, and at least one of whom shall be an external examinaer.the viva Voce based on the management project shall also be conducted by the university at the end of 8th semester.

A candidate admitted for this course shall complete the program with in the period of 8 years from the date of admissions

Internship

Each student shall have completed a minimum of 20 weeks internship during the entire period of legal studies with NGOs, Trial and Appellate Advocates, Judiciary,Legal Regulatory Authorities, Legislative Bodies, Bank, Stock Exchanges, Law firms,Companies, Local Self Government and such other bodies.Provided that internship in any particular year should not exceed a continuous period of more than four week and all students shall undergo internship at least once during the entire period of studies with trial and appellate advocates.

Each student shall keep an internship diary which shall be certified and evaluated by the person or authority with whom the student has interned and the same shall be submitted to the Faculty in charge for his evaluation.Viva-voce examination in the tenth semester shall be conducted by the board of examiners constituted by the university.

Pass minimum and classification

A candidate who secures not less than 40 % marks in the internal and external examinations separately and also an aggregate of 50 % of the total marks for the paper shall be declared to have passed the examination in that paper

A candidate who passes in all the papers and secures 50 % of or more of the aggregate marks for all the 10 semesters but less than 60 % shall be declared to have passed the whole examination in second class
Successful candidates with 60% of marks and above in aggregate for the all 10 semesters shall be declared to have passed the whole examination in first class

Successful candidates with 75 % of marks or above in the aggregate for all the 10 semesters shall be declared to have passed the examination with distinction provided he/she passes all the examinations with in the period of whole programme.

Ranking shall be done on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in the whole examination passed in the first chance